What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’ -Opening lines to […]
All eyes are on the hullaballoo created by the challenges at Healthcare.gov and several of the states’ public insurance exchanges. Yet all the while, like in a magic show, attention has been diverted from the real action going on elsewhere. Quietly and in a relatively drama-free way, the private health insurance exchanges are busily taking […]
As of last week, the heart of Obamacare is upon us with the opening of the health insurance exchanges (HIXs). And while some think this represents the heart of darkness, it is hard to imagine that anything will stop January 1, 2014 from coming and, with it, a new legal requirement for all Americans to […]
I love humorist Andy Borowitz. Someday when I am a grown-up writer I want to write like him. Plus, he writes for the New Yorker, which is pretty cool. So far, the New Yorker is not beating down my door for material. I haven’t even heard from the New Jerseyer at this point. I did […]
I was in Newport Beach last week to chair IBF’s Consumer Health and Wellness Innovation Summit. It was a very interesting event with about 100 people from many different segments of the health and wellness industry—a very eclectic crowd. There were people there from healthy food purveyors (Nestle, Kelloggs), provider organizations (MDVIP), health insurance firms (United […]
Are you feeling a little chilly right now? Look around–do you see icebergs? Are baby harp seals collecting around your feet? If not, they should be, because Hell has clearly frozen over: a major U.S. health insurer has decided to give a bunch of money back to its beneficiaries as a result of “excess profits.” […]
Are you feeling a little chilly right now? Look around–do you see icebergs? Are baby harp seals collecting around your feet? If not, they should be, because Hell has clearly frozen over: a major U.S. health insurer has decided to give a bunch of money back to its beneficiaries as a result of “excess profits.” […]
You know how they always say that in venture capital and private equity investing, great management is even more important than a great idea? Well, when you get both together, it’s like finding a rainbow-colored unicorn. So please meet our unicorn du jour, Bryce Williams, CEO of ExtendHealth. Bryce is the poster child for dedicated, […]
Lisa Suennen is a venture capital investor and the managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, LLC, which publishes the Venture Valkyrie blog and co-produces the Tech Tonics podcast. She is also co-founder of CSweetener, a women's healthcare mentoring organization.